Illinois · Nonprofit
OJALA FOUNDATION
OJALA FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $51,800 to it, the largest being MUSLIM COMMUNITY CENTER ($15,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $52k
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Ojala Foundation does
Mission
Ojala Foundation, a nonprofit organization, prides itself on the bridges it builds between the muslim and latino communities, while also establishing and maintaining community spaces at the intersectionality of those identities. Inaugurated by latino muslims, we always endeavor to have an open and welcoming community, one united under islamic principles and education, and driving a positive force for our members and through our networks.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Neighborly deeds: neighborly deeds is our response to the rapidly rising homeless population in chicago. Without fail, every friday we distribute warm meals and compassion to those in need. Ojala Foundation members and volunteers' team up to package home-cooked meals and other essentials like blankets, clothes, and hygiene products to distribute to our less fortunate neighbors. The pandemic had not stopped this effort, and even now the initiative grows stronger. This is a life-changing experience that we have committed to undertake, every week no matter the weather hot, cold, rain, or pandemic. Often, the funds, food, and clothes come from our own members and through generous donations from kind souls in the community. We rise above our own selves, dedicating a night a week to give out what allah has already blessed us with.
$169,492 spent$167,000 earned by the program63% of program spendingDawah & convert care: many reverts are extremely grateful to the individual who allowed us to reflect on the concept of god, to initiate our thought process on what it means to be muslim. This is our method to pay it forward. Ojala Foundation sets up shop at various locations across chicago to invite people to learn about islam and muslims and welcome them to reflect on their own connection with the creator. Literature and material are distributed free of charge, extending to any individual who requests material through mail or virtual resources. Dawah is the responsibility of every muslim and an honor to fulfill. Our efforts continue to reach people who might have never considered islam. We are proof that it can be, that the journey might be difficult but that it is fruitful and possible. The journey has been taken by every member, whether born muslim or found through other's efforts of dawah. Through dialogue and education, we hope to bring a better understanding of our faith and build a stronger relationship with the diverse community in chicago.
$83,807 spent$84,000 earned by the program31% of program spendingAll other community programs which are run time to time.
$17,370 spent$17,000 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $270,669.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $638k to $1.6M (+145%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of OJALA FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of OJALA FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
OJALA FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 29% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
85% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund OJALA FOUNDATION.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
56% of OJALA FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $23k that is directly attributable, 74% of it comes from Illinois funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $29k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
OJALA FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,211 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,211 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for OJALA FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds OJALA FOUNDATION?
- OJALA FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $51,800 to it, the largest being MUSLIM COMMUNITY CENTER ($15,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does OJALA FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $51,800 in grants to OJALA FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OJALA FOUNDATION?
- MUSLIM COMMUNITY CENTER is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OJALA FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 6 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing